Environment

The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department at the Colonial Park Gardens has scheduled a fall “Flower & Garden Photography Workshop” on Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 9:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. The session will take place in the Rose Garden at the Colonial Park Gardens, Parking Lot A, Somerset, Franklin Township, New Jersey. The workshop will be presented by …

The Trails Advisory Committee picked eight winners July 8 in its annual photo contest. The eight winners were picked from more than 50 entries. Contestants submitted photos taken along the township’s trails and natural areas. The photos will be used in the 2016 Trails Advisory Committee calendar. The winners are: Bunker Hill & Franklin Park Natural Areas: Scott Slobodzian Butler Road …

The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department invites the public to the 16th annual “Garden Party” featuring garden lectures; music, specialty plants, perennials, and garden sculptures for sale by Daisy Garden Center & Sculpture; and Steven Kristoph Nursery. Complimentary refreshments and light snacks will be available. The Garden Party will be held in the Perennial Garden at the Colonial Park …

Township cricket players will have another place to hold their matches now that the Township Council has approved the plans for Catalpa Park. The council voted after a 3 1/2-hour special hearing on June 30, exactly one year to the day an earlier version of the park was lambasted by area residents and withdrawn for retooling. Those residents were still …

An annual Somerset County sign of spring is the official opening of the Somerset County Park Commission award-winning Putting Course and the Paddle Boats on Powder Mill Pond at Colonial Park in Franklin Township. Both facilities are open for the season. The Colonial Park Putting Course offers the player gardens and natural landscaping rather than the amusements found at traditional …

The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department will present “Flower Buds – Children’s Garden Workshop” on Saturday, May 16, 2015 from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon (Rain date Saturday, May 23, 2015). The program will be held at the Colonial Park Morgan Pellowski Playground, Parking Lot C, Somerset, New Jersey. Children age 5 to 8 will join Horticulture staff and …

Volunteers with the township’s Shade Tree and open Space committee’s celebrated Arbor Day April 25 by planting 40 trees in the Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve on Skillmans Lane. The trees planted were American Holly, anew ere supplemented by cranberry bushes, said Chris Williams of the Shade Tree Committee. “Everything we’re planting produces berries for the birds,” Williams said. “We took …

The Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center at 190 Lord Stirling Road in Basking Ridge has scheduled the following Naturalist-led programs to help children and adults enjoy the wonders of nature as nature blooms in Somerset County. The Environmental Education Center provides many entertaining and educational programs for children and adults year around. Pre-registration is required for programs and …

The New Jersey Water Supply Authority will do some plantings along Cedar Grove Brook to help stem the flow of sediment into the water. The plantings will be made near Cedar Hill Preparatory School, a private school on Cedar Grove Lane, said NJWSA’s Bob O’Neil. O’Neil said students would be involved in the project, which would be turned into a learning …

The Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center (EEC), Horticulture Department, and Go Green Committee are planning an Arbor Day Celebration with a Native Tree Give-Away on Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, 2015. A full complement of activities will accompany the tree give-away at the Rudolf van der Goot Rose Garden at 156 Mettlers Road, in Colonial Park …